As ceilings go higher, decorating wall space is a major design focus, accented perfectly with old vintage windows and architectural artifacts from India. Jharokhas are old terrace windows and make great wall art with their unique carvings and iron accents. Rooms with high ceilings feel more spacious and open, create your very own wall art playing with Banjara tapestries and Kutch pillow shams making a collage of color and texture. Using the frame of old Haveli doors accent the hallway and give the room Hacienda style architectural design. In this Spanish Hacienda style living room, wall height demands large furniture and an oversized mantle accented with antique corbels and intricate carvings.

Jharokha window

When decorating Mediterranean, revamp the European tradition of using wall sculptures and art to create a focus. Hand embroidered kutch tapestries with small mirrors and sheer curtains gives a romantic feel. Mediterranean blue washed consoles, rustic carved wood wall sculptures and tribal Indian tapestries complement the Spanish theme.

The rustic appeal of Indian furniture give an interesting and grounded feel to your interiors. Mediterranean style bedroom is warm and inviting with handloom blankets in lively reds and blues. The vintage wood armoires and dresser in a rich earthy color palette that are taken from nature brings in beautiful energies of mother nature. Nightstands and end tables with beautiful brass cladded elephants and hand carved designs add drama. Tuscan sunsets, washed blue, green wood tones, antique doors used as headboards design well with the parched ivory walls. Large arched windows accented with columns and arches from India in dark teak bring the connection to the old world Spanish style.

Velvet feel crushed curtains add to the drama of Spanish design of a large Tuscan foyer with a grand antique door table and the whimsical cart bench.The newer Modern-Mediterranean homes with a rustic barn door as a statement piece or the entrance to a wine cellar are ideas for the Spanish styling designer in you.